diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 2af4f00..a9c520f 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -398,13 +398,18 @@ static int _copy_single(Copy * copy, char const * src, char const * dst)
 		ret = _single_nod(copy, src, dst, st.st_mode, st.st_rdev);
 	else if(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
 		ret = _single_symlink(copy, src, dst);
-	else
+	else if(S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
 	{
 		ret = _single_regular(copy, src, dst, st.st_mode & 0777);
 		timeout = g_timeout_add(250, _single_timeout, copy);
 		gtk_main(); /* XXX ugly */
 		g_source_remove(timeout);
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		errno = ENOSYS;
+		return _copy_error(copy, src, 1);
+	}
 	if(ret != 0)
 		return ret;
 	if(*(copy->prefs) & PREFS_p) /* XXX TOCTOU */